Why won't iTunes import from CD

iTunes will not import from a CD. It says Tunes could not save to my Music folder because I do not have write access. It says check permissions in my Music folder and folders in my Music folder . I have checked every folder I think is involved from iTunes to the libraries and they all show read/write for my login. I'm using iTunes 7.6.2. Any ideas what might be wrong?

rdog2, updating to 7.6.2 has nothing to do with your issue, but I fail to understand why iTunes sends you a dialog box regarding permissions. When you set up your computer, did you set any of the security options for your hard drive? Have you checked your iTunes preferences carefully to ensure that you have not accidentally made some settings that would enable such restrictions?
Barring that, are you certain that the CDs that you are trying to import are not among those titles that the music industry did, indeed, apply copy protection to?
You may have to delete your current copy of iTunes and reinstall it in order to get back to the default settings. This is not a time-consuming activity, and it may be an easy way to solve your problem. What you would want to do is to delete ALL of the files in your Music sub-directory EXCEPT the one called iTunes Music. Move that folder out of the Music folder and RENAME IT TO ANYTHING ELSE. Delete your current copy of iTunes, restart the computer then go to Apple Support Downloads for a new copy and reset your BASIC preferences. Once you've done that you may choose "Add to Library" from the file menu then navigate to your renamed folder, click on that folder and all of your music files will be restored to your new library.
If you then cannot load these CDs, you can assume that you have made some drastic security settings somewhere else on your computer that you will have to search for.

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